Record copy, Speech Before Fund Raising Dinner, Democratic Advisory Committee of Texas, Whitney, Texas
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Speech of Senator Lyndon B. Johnson
Before Fund Raising Dinner, Democratic Advisory Committee of Texas
Whitney, Texas
7:30 PM (CST) November 21, 1955
FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY
Fellow Texans, Fellow Democrats:
We meet here tonight after three years of a Republican Administration.
And to Americans, three strikes are out.
In 1952, a lot of Texans -- in fact, a majority -- voted for a Republican
Administration. It was supposed to have something to do with an issue called
tidelands.
Well, we got a Republican Administration. We think we got at least
a part of our tidelands back. And that is the last time the Republicans have looked
our way.
They gave our Air Academy to Colorado.
They are trying to give Fort Hood to Louisiana.
They are trying to give Fort Bliss to Oklahoma.
And today the Republican Secretary of the Interior is in Texas to dedicate
our Big Bend Park. I hope some of our Eisenhower Democrats are out there to
keep him from giving it away to Old Mexico.
Personally, I think we should be grateful to the Old Guard Republicans.
They have taught us a lot. And they have made more Democrats in three years
than we could make in a lifetime.
Do you remember the fine flush of enthusiasm that swept the country
with the "Great Crusade?" Even those of us who had held firm for the Banner
of Democracy were impressed. We were going to get:
One hundred per cent of parity
A balanced budget
Tax relief for the little fellow
A strong America
More soil conservation and more rural electrification
A government free of corruption.
It was a fine program -- one of the best ever stolen from the Democrats.
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